The World Cup in Qatar is in full swing. But beyond the action on the pitch, one of the most significant storylines of the event has been controversy over the country that’s hosting it.
over plans by several teams to wear rainbow armbands in support of LGBTQ rights, which were ultimately abandoned after FIFA threatened to punish any squad that did so.In the eyes of many critics, the World Cup represents the low point for international sports. They argue that it is indefensible for a country with such a poor human rights record to be hosting an event that’s intended to be a celebration of diversity and equality.
“A morally complex World Cup is not unprecedented in a way, any more than an Olympics is, even before you accept that no country is free of sin. … This is a World Cup that was built by corruption, politics, exploitation and repression, more than most, in a world shaped by all four. It’s an extreme, and the emptiness here is geographic and moral. It might be filled by soccer, at least partly, for a few weeks.
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